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FREDERICK V. VINTERS, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHNA. YORK, OF SAME PLACE.

STAN D- SPECIFICATION forming part of'Letters Patent No. 589,45 5, datedSeptember 7,1897,

Application filed February 6, 1897 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LEREDERICK V. WINTERS, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing in New York city, in the county and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStand-Boilers, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relatesto improvements in stand-boilers, and theobject is to provide a direct hot-water connection with the water-backin a stove or range whereby a supply of hot water may be delivered tothe stand-boiler for immediate use and afterward maybe cut off and asupply of hot water delivered to the boiler, substantially as in theusual manner.

I accomplish the purposes of my invention by the means illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a vertical sectionthrough the boiler and longitudinally through the valve andconduit-pipes. Fig. 2 is an end View of the boiler-connecting sleeve.Fig. 3 is an end View of the valve-shell, looking from the lefthand endin Fig. 1 and showing the slot wherein the end of the partition-plate inthe connecting-sleeve engages. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective of thepartition-plate removed from the connecting-sleeve.

Reference being had to the drawings, A designates the stand-boiler,which may be of any approved construction and provided with a cold-waterfeed-pipe 1, reaching well toward the bottom of the boiler and having aperforated closed lower end 2, which may be provided with a spreadingtip To the bottom of the boiler is secured the pipe 4, which conductsthe cold water to the water-back or other appliance which heats thewater.

B designates the return hot-water ipe,leading from the water-back to theboiler. In this hot-water pipe B is interposed a Valve 0 of thefollowing-described construction and elements: 5 designates the valveshell or casing of proper construction, having an inlet end with asingle port 6 and having exterior screw-threads to make a connection tothe hot-water pipe, substantially as seen in the drawings. In thedelivery or discharge end of the valve-shell are formed two water portsor ways 7 7, arranged directly in vertical Serial No. 622,299. (Nomodel.)

line with each other, and in the face of the end of the valveshell isformed a recess 8, in which the partition-plate of the connectingsleeveengages and is held. Vertically through the center of the valve-shell isarranged a valve-stem or turning plug 11, formed with two water ways orports 12 12', disposed at right angles to each other, the former ofwhich registers with the port 7, and the latter is intended to registerwith the lower port 7, so that when it is desired to admit a flow ofwater directly from the waterthreads and an annular collar 13, locatedat about midway of its length, which lodges against the outer surface ofthe boiler, and that the sleeve is held in its position by a strongjam-nut 14 on the inner end of the sleeve. The upper portion of the endof this sleeve is closed by leaving the metal stand, and in the standingmetal is formed a waterport 15, the edge of the port constituting ashoulder, against which the annular flange of the pipe E bears whenarranged and held in position.

In the sleeve D are formed oppositely-arranged grooves 1515, in which isheld a detachable plate 16, constituting a partition dividing the sleeveinto two parts 01' ports 17 17, the former'of which communicates withthe pipe E, and the latter is the inlet for the hot water under ordinaryadmission. On the outer end of the plate 16 is a tongue 16, whichengages in the slot 8 in the end of thevalveshell, as indicated in Fig.1 of the drawings, the engagement holding the plate 16 in its forwardproper position in the sleeve.

To the sleeve D is connected a vertical hotwater pipe E, having anannular flange 18 at its lower end which lodges against. the inner faceof the end of the sleeve D and is held in position by a suitable key(not shown) I boiler,avalvesteminthevalve-casingformed passed through aslot 11) in the sleeve. The hot water is drawn oif through a pipe 20,opening from the top of the boiler.

The parts may be assembled in their proper operative positions andrelations by inserting the pipe E through the openingin the end of thesleeve D and then inserting the key in the slot 19 and driving it hometo hold the pipe firmly. The partitionplate 16 is then placed in thesleeve and pushed home. The pipe is then passed into; the boiler and thesleeve screwed up until the collar lodges against the surface of theboiler. The nut M is then passed over the pipe and screwed up to clampthe sleeve in place, with the pipe E in vertical position. The valve-shell is then arranged in position and the connectingnuts n n screwedup, with the tongue 16 of the plate 16 engaging in the slot 8 in the endof the valve-body.

It will be premised that under the ordinary process of heating the waterin the boiler the .water delivered to the boiler from the hot-water pipeenters the boiler and commingles with the body of cold water therein.Under these conditions it takes a considerable time before the hot waterovercomes the conflict with the cold water and longer before a hotwaterflow can be had at the spigot. It is the object of my present inventionto overcome this deficiency and to provide hot water in a very shorttime, and this is accomplished as follows: The fire being made and thewaterback heated the valve is turned so that the lower port 12' isclosed to shut off the water from flowing through it into the boiler andthe upper port 12 open to feed the hot water through that way into andout of the pipe E into the boiler, where it is immediately in conditionto be utilized at-the spigot. It is well known that the top portion ofthe water in a stand-boiler is the hotter. My mode of delivery takesadvantage of this fact by delivering the hot water directly to the topof the boiler. hen sufficient supply of water has been heated, the valvemay be turned to close the upper port and open the lower, and the hotwater then be delivered into the body of the water as in the usualmanner.

\Vhat I claim is 1. The combination with a stand-boiler, of a water-backhavingbetween it and the standboiler the usual pipe connections, apartition dividing the hot-water pipe at the end ad jacent to thestand-boiler and forming ducts into the boiler, a pipe leading from oneof the said ducts to the top of the stand-boiler, and means for causingthe hot water to flow through either of said ducts as desired.

2. The combination with astand-boilerand a hot-water pipe leadingthereto, of a valvecasing interposed in the hot-water pipe, having ashell orbody formed with a single inletport, and two outlet-portsopening into the with two water-ports arranged at right angles to eachother to alternately open and close the outlet-ports, a verticalhotwater pipe in the boiler opening therein adjacent to the top of theboiler, means to secure the vertical pipe to the valve-casing inregistration with one of the outletports, and means to hold the saidpipe and valve-casin g in operative connection to the boiler.

3. The combination with a stand-boiler and a hot-water pipe leadingthereto, of a valve interposed in the hot-water pipe, formed with asingle inlet-port, and two outlet-ports leading to the boiler, avalve-stem in the valveshell formed with two water-ports arranged atright angles to each other to alternately open and close theoutlet-ports, a connectingsleeve to connect the valve-shell to theboiler, a partition-plate in the conneetingsleeve,and a hot-waterstanding pipe in the boilerhaving its lower end connected to the saidconnecting-sleeve above the partition therein.

4. The combination with a stand-boiler and a hot-water pipe leadingthereto, of a valve interposed in the hot-water pipe, formed with asingle inlet-port, and two outlet-ports leading to the boiler, avalve-stem in the valveshell formed with two water-ports arranged atright angles to each other to alternately open and close theoutlet-ports, a connecting-sleeve to connect the valve-shell to theboiler, a detachable partition-plate in the connecting-sleeve, and ahot-water standing-pipe in the boiler having its lower end connected tothe said connecting-sleeve above the partition therein.

5. The combination with a stand-boiler and a hot-water pipe, of a valveinterposed in the hot-water pipe and formed with a single inletport andtwo outlet-ports and having a slot in the end of the partition betweenthe outletports, a valve-stem in the valve-shell having two portsarranged at right angles to each other to alternately open and closethesaid outlet-ports, a connecting-sleeve secured in the boiler and tothe valve-shell and formed with interior oppositely-arranged grooves, apartition-plate detachably disposed in the said grooves and standingacross the bore of the sleeve and said plate being formed with a tongueon its outer end to engage in the slot in the end of the partitionbetween the outlet-ports, and a vertically-arranged pipe in the boilerhaving its lower end secured in the end of the connecting-sleeve abovethe said partiti0n-plate.

In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand in the presence of twoattesting witnesses.

FREDERICK V. \VINTERSf Attest:

A. G. IIEYLMUN, JNo. A. YORK.

